The Sixth Mainland’s Progenitor of Secret Arts had betrayed humanity, and at the same time, almost all Seven Skygods had fallen. Thus, not only did the Fifth Mainland need to send people to protect the pass leading to the Aeternals’ region, but they also needed to prepare for the Neohuman Alliance’s counterattack. At this same time, the Sixth Mainland needed to root out any hidden dangers that the Progenitor of Secret Arts might have left behind. Never before had humanity been so ripe for the plucking.

This was a unique opportunity, so Xu Qing could not let it go.

As for Lu Yin, he did not care about what was happening. Regardless of what sort of status he achieved, it was impossible for the entire Fifth Mainland to offer him support. Even more importantly, Qiu Xu had attacked Cemetery Keeper. This attack had not been at the orders of the Astral Beast Domain, which meant that they had been helped by the Aeternals.

While the Astral Beast Domain was also enemies with the Aeternals, the two had not reached the point where only one could exist. The astral beasts were perfectly willing to split the Fifth Mainland with Aeternus.

In the southern reaches of the Outerverse, within the Daosource Sect:

"The Ironblood Weave has fallen. We need to send people there as soon as possible to drive those beasts out and set up defenses again," someone stated. He was a middle-aged man who gave off the impression of someone with...